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J VOLUME I. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, TUE:SDA\r, NOVEMBER 20. 19047" NUMBER 3<)2.
)RWASMENNEDBYJUDCE
KEYNOTE OF CHARGE
IED TO GRAND
NELOENCE OF CRIME
PROSPERITY OF
H DISCUSSED.
ER DECRIED DEPOR
ggj TATION AS SOLUTION OF
THE NEGRO QUESTION.
(By Publishers' Press.)
gl SAVANNAH. Ga., Nov. 29.?When
H Federal Judge Speer delivered his
0 talk-to the grand jury Monday; duty
H was the keynote of the . charge?-the :
B duly ol" the man of the South to hflii- '<
1 self and his fellows. He called at- 1
H tc-ntion to the menacing influence of >
the increase in crime on the pros- <
: perity of the South and the bearing
B : of the negro question on this condi- .
B ; tion and suggested a solution of the <
B race problem, which he had reached t
I after "solicitous and serious thought. t
1 Judge Speer decried deportation as ?
B' a solution, and suggested, the organi- t
zation of law and order leagues, which I
r-Ashould invite the co-operation of the t
8" better element of the negro race in c
the detection and suppression of a
crime, the establishment of a better 1
wmM paid constabulary and the elimination, v
of the criminal statute which makes \
it reversible error for a superior ti
court judge in this State to express a
an opinion on the prejudicial power a
of uolice mirt liifle'As tr> commit -r?r*T=:- I r?
onersvlto v.the chain gang without. a w
trial by jury. c;
In conclusion the pourt urged a re- T
vival of law in the community and re- B
counted the conditions which demand S
r such a revival. Throughout the ad- ji
dress the court referred by innuendo pi
to the Statesboro riot, but not until s]
L' the concluding words of the charge
did lie make specific mention of it, $1
when he referred to the affair as the gi
- - Statesboro horror. . fc
[ ' DRAFT HORSES I
BECAME FRIGHTENED AND THOU- th
, SANDS OF PEOPLE WERE a
1 ' THROWN INTO A PANIC. a
(By Publishers' Press.) ha
CHICAGO, Nov. -29.?Thousands of in
people in the Dexter Park pavilion on
Monday were thrown into a panic at ca
t ; , uie uvtf biuuh ejtpuijjuun, wnen six <.\x
big draft horses hitched to a great -pc
truck became frightened, following crj
an accident, and leaped over the ea,
ropes and into the middle of the iol
throng, which had been cheering au
;; wildly but a minute before.
aBBBSgfefe -Coolness. on the part of the driver
quieting., the fears of the excited
^^0?0'^aima.is;and quick Work by the police
in-checking the panic irt the audi- TO
once, prevented serious injury-to the
W -spectators.
NOT GUILTY"
WAS VERDICT IN THE CASE OF "f .
ALBERT VAUGHN, CHARGED . ?\
WITH WIFE MURDER. "e?.(
the
\&y jfuousners Jtress.; vot<
CINCINNATI, O.. Nov. 29?The a r
jury in the case of Albert Vaughn, bill
charged with murder in the first de- cins
. gree, last night, returned a verdict or
of not guilty, after a five hours delib- one
eration. T
He was charged with poisoning his will
wife, from whom he was separated, try
" ' Cast June she drank a glass of lem- has
onade and soon after was attacked put
with convulsions and died. They pass
found that the lemonade contained
^^fesfatrychnine.. The woman made a dying
declaration, according to a little
girl: "My husband did it." But
"Vaughn set up an alibi. WA
Smallpox Report,
sps'.^v' .Official report of the health board
l^gCpWJ-egarding the smallpox situation in
Sra||| Fairmont: K.
1 ? ; ^ run
j Tuesday, November 29, t was
stfe I Cases sick 5 run
JUSTICE AMOS
FIELD DAVIS BOY
UNDER BOND
EVIDENCE OF TWO SMA.LL COLORED
BOYS WAS VERY CLEAR
AND STRONG.
AN INDICTMENT WILL MOST CERTAINLY
BE FOUND AGAINST
THE LAD.
A SENTENCE TO THE REFORM
SCHOOL IS PROBABLY AWAIT
INU HIM.
From the evidence given at the preliminary
hearing before Justice Amos
yesterday afternoon, it seems to be
a pretty sure thing.that Vernie Davis
is the boy who placed the obstruction
on the track of the Fairmont and
Clarksburg Traction Company's line
lbout a week ago, thereby causing a
;ar to jump the track.
Two main witnesses were Hugh
rohfason and Herschel Davenporr,
tged nine and eight, two negro boys
vho live on Coal run. Both boys
old a straight tale and practically the
lame thing. They stated that on the
light, the car was wrecked they were
ioth at the office of Dr. Lomax. On
heir way home they picked up a piece
f iron, the spindle of a small wagon,
bo;>t Rolls' saloon on Jackson street,
'his they put in a small wagon they
re re pulling and went on their way.
t'hen they arrived at the place where ''
he road crosses the street car track
t Coal rim they met Vernie Davis v
nd he took the iron from them. He a
laced it and a stone on the track and" f'
rhen they asked for their iron he "
ailed them a "d? d hlaclt tar bait." ''
hey went on toward home and the
avis boy ran to the door of his home,
oon the car came down the hill and
imped the track when it came to the "
jstruction which was placed on a sl
tarp. curve'.' h
Justice Amos held the boy under a
L.500 bond to await the action of the n
-and jury. An indictment will be "
iund and since the defendant is onliy
lirteen years old he is almost cer- 01
in of a sentence to the Reform ol
:hool. h!
One of the colored boys testified ec
at he had seen the defendant place el
brick on the track once before but s':
man came along and made him take w
off. At several times the inotormen
.ve seen obstructions on th.e track
time to stop but this was the sec- 101
d time that a wreck lias been er
used. It is high time that it be c'<
jpped or there will be loss of life. wl
10 many boys are committing petty
mes around the city and this is a t,G
se where one of them went a little c'f
) far. It should be a warning to iar
boys. 11 r
NO MORE "DOPE" ^
BE ALLOWED AS TIPS TO THE
PLAYERS OF THE RACES
iN CHICAGO.
(By Publishers' Press.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.?Publication
racing forms, betting odds on qq
ses and all other kinds oi "dope" ^
newspapers or In any other form,
eived a body blow Monday night at
sitting of the city council. By a TH
? of 40 to 19, the council adopted s
esolution urging the passage of a
prohibiting the publication of fas- _
iting tips, lists of "sure winners" (
any other information tending to eve
ourage gambling on horse races.
he State legislative committee con
take the hill to Springfield and sinj
to secure its passage. The bill ^ee
an emergency clause which would ma]
it into, effect from and after its Dil|
sage and approval. ette
/\mr t\ i trir
KlilN UfN pAlMft |
S SUCCESSFULLY MET iN
KALAMAZOO?CAUSED BY FAI
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
(By Publishers' Press.)
ALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 29.?A
on the Kalamazoo Savings Bank T1
successfully met Monday. The ?r t
was caused by the announcement ther
a bill had been filed in the Cir- circl
t Court to reopen the Henry that
is estate, of which Rr J. "William- Wh?
vice president and' "cashier of that
bank, is executor,": and in which ing
bank was made one of the defend- this
.The officers, of .the hank an- "I
iced at six o'clock last night -that of t
; was more money-ton hand than the
t the' run began. s .. ? ?, Shrb
CITY OF MANNING!
SOON ENJOl
OF
PROGRESSIVE OIL TOWN HAS
PASSED FINANCIAL LIMIT
FOR THE SERVICE.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE THREE
OR FOUR CARRIERS AT THE
BEGINNING.
voijeciai iu me west \ Irginian.I
MAKSINGTON, W. Va? Nov. 29.-Steps
are being taken lo establish- a
tree delivery postal service in this
town. This is the most welcome bit
of news heard here for a long time.
Of all things that the to wo needs, the
free delivery of mail is first. The
town is a progressive one. but until
now has not.been in line for free delivery.
Before a place can have the free delivery
system the receipts for stamps
must reach $10,000 per year. The receipts
of the Mannington postoffice
"or the year ending with the last quarer
passed that mark, and steps were
immediately taken to institute the i
liuch desired free delivery. The i
tlannington postoffice passed the $9, <
lOO mark arid-became a second-class i
iflice about a year ago. Since then i
he business has grown until it is in <
ine for the new service. 1
Postmaster J. O. Huey is working
ard on the proposition, and will leave t
oon for Washington, where he will i
isit the department's headquarters c
nd make the necessary arrangements a
:>r the institution of the service. He I
> untiring in his efforts, and the peo- s
le of Mannington owe him a great \
eal. . t
It will first be necessary to bring a
le matter before the proper author!- r
es at Washington. The hooks which
ri aiit f lin ronoi wfe nf tV?o rvfflnn viril 1 .Si
? i uv iiiv n * A i li
ave to be audited to prove that they r
re large enough. Then the -depart- ij
lent will order the service estab- b
shed. p
.When this order is made the town ri
f Mannington, at its own expense ai
that of the property owners, wil' rc
tve to see that every street is nani1
and every house numbered. Ev- w
ything will have to be put into sc
lape so that the carriers will know uj
here to go to find a certain nnni- cc
r. th
An inspector will then be sent to T1
ok the town over and see that ev- ui
ything is in readiness. He will de- to
ie upon the number of carriers, co
lich in this case will bo three or or
nr. The citizens claim a popula>n
of 5,000, hnt all cities and towns th
lim more than they really have. A pe
ge number of these are in the sub- mi
is and are on the rural routes. In th
Illicitly populated district one car- to
. W. DILLON IS THE
STATE TAT Mill
yinii. inn uum
WILL MOVE
VERNOR A. B. WHITE AN- pal
JOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OIK
YESTERDAY EVENING. las
- Dil
E POSITION IS A VERY RE- he
PONSIBLE ONE?MR. DILLON her
IS GOOD MAN. cia
the
CHARLESTON. Nov. 29.?Last \
ning Governor White conferred on poi:
tries W. Dillon the office of tax trui
imissioner of the State of West Vir- offii
la, a place about which there has siti
ri much speculation, and for whom the
ty have" been mentioned. Mr. has
on is a prominent lawyer of Fay- altf
iville, and has taken an active of ]
WABASH RUMORS J
rmoNt seems to be IN ALL sect
THE STORIES AND mot
CALCULATIONS. witI
wlii<
micl
he Washington, Pa., correspondent cen!
he Wheeling Register says that j^e
e is great activity in Wabash ope,
les. He has it on good authority nen1
a branch line will be built to Waj
ieling if a suitable entrance to insp
city can be secured. Concern- thro
the section of the road, through jnqti
;par^\: vl- ; pcaie, ::n& :, S?J05 I . pect
L is asserted to be, tlie intention and ,
lie railroad company to extend was
present West Side Belt Line the
ugh Carmichnels and the eastern the
rON WILL
( THE LUXURY
1EE MAIL DELIVERY
.rfer is supposed" to. s^jrve 1.500 peoplebut
lie cannot do so In Iliis hilly
State. The Inspector will i decide
upon the number of street letter and
package' boxes that will be necessary
to! accoroiriodaio 'the people, and: will
locate the same.
jTho Inspector -will then make his
report to the department and when
the report is approved, the boxes will
be shipped. A civil service examination
will ha then ordered to he
held here for the purpose of creating:
an eligible list of persons front
which the carriers, will be selected.
ourne cterKs may nave to take the
civil service examination but all
clerks, employed in the postoffice
prior to the dale on which the free
delivery: system is established, will
go under the acivil service blanket
without the formality. of examination.
By the installation of this system
Ihe postmaster will be allowed an
additional clerical force, and an assistant
postmaster. This office has
ilready eight rural routes going out
'pom it. and when the new system
s installed Postmaster Huoy's ofHtlal
family will be composed of some
6 or- 18 attaches.
All the work of preparation will
ake two or three months to accomillsh.
Everything must be In firstlass
shape before the system starts,
nd it will not he in operation before
February 1, if not later. As above
tated, Postmaster Huey will go to
Vnshington soon with other influenial
men from the town and county,
nd the work will be pushed ahead as
apidly as possible.
When the now system is finished.
1 will be necessary for the office
ogm to he enlarged. The present
barters in the Banlt of Mannington
adding are too' crowded oven at
resent, but when the necessary carriers',
distributing and route tables
, j ... p.
iu piaeeu, an uaaiLignui or a larger j
>om will be necessary.
Of course all sealed letters, ,
lietlier to be delivered to local perms
or out of the city, will have to so j
uler the two cent rate, as no one f
rat letter postage is allowed where e
ip free delivery system is in force. 0
his will be a source of great, trouble j
itil the people become accustomed a
it, as letters will be continually v
mins in with only a one cent stamp
i them.
The free delivery service is a great j,
Ing for any city or town, and the p
ople here will appreciate it very
:ich. After once having the system q
ey will wonder how they were able q
get along without it. js
NEW s
MISSIONER-- ?
i TO CHARLESTON ;
of
t in West Virginia politics. He was t'c
: of the picturesque figures at the m<
t Republican State convention. Mr. u'.'
Ion is in the city and stated that tri
would make preparations to move -4
e -with his family at once. Spe- tIl:
I offices will be provided for him in rl*
State house. co
oet'orl ?? 3.1*(
. .H.1J ^UIIV^CI wi?b LUC ay
ntment Governor White said it was air
s and that the duties of the new
:er would begin at once. "The po- tel
on is one of responsibility." said co1
governor, "anil for that reason It
not been very much in demand,
lough there were quite a number
oeople mentioned for the place."
========== Ah
iRE PERSISTENT
Ion of Greene county to Fair- mI
it, where connections -will be made cei
1 the Western Maryland road, wa
ch the Goulds already own. Car- Iff
haels is in the cehter of the re- rea
:ly optioned coal tract, and will be on
objective point of coming coal Jus
ations in Greene country. Promi- she
t Wabash officials while in woi
nesburg, last week, on a tour of pea
ection of the proposed route tha
ngh Waynesburg, made careful bof
iry as to the business and pros- E
s of the Greene county caDttal. to 1
it is sdid decWod/.-ihat tho route ord
not as beneficial as the ono to riot
cast and determined to abandon
REPEATERS MARE
LADY CHALLENGER
CRY AT ELECTION
MRS.- WEIMER SAYS THE HORRIBLE
DEMOCRATS TOOK HER
CHALLENGE BOOK.
AND THEN DISARRANGED HER
HAIR AND CALLED HER BAD
NAMES.
SOME MEN VOTED SEVEN OR
EIGHT TIMES?ONE WINKED
AT THE WITNESS.
(By Publishers' Press.)
DENVER, Col., Nov. 2D.?Mrs. Anna
Wefmer, chief witness in Die pros-,
edition of election fraud cases, told
the Supreme Court 'Monday how
"horrible .Democrats", used her-at the
[ last election. She was a Republican
I challenger in a precinct. In the lew.
aristocratic part ot town, also the
only woman In the .polling place,
l -argoly through her efforts, the - Republicans
made out a good cose.
Mrs. We inter was the flret- w-Ituesv
called In titc Supreme Court.
"1 was not treated at all like lady,"
she told tlie court. "Twice the ,
repeaters tried to set. my challenge
book. The first time they disarrange ,
ed my hair. They got the hook the ,
second time and tore it up. With
it was a little account book thai, f .
had taken notes in. After that I had ,
to challenge from memory. It. didn't. ,
do any good. I might as well have <
kept still. The Democratic judges ^
told the repeaters not to mind rue. c
that I did not know what T was talk- c
iiig about. Somo'times they called f
me bad names and made me cry." (
"Did you take the names of any j
repealers?" she was asked.
"No, I did not, they kept coming (
i.oo tast?wnoie droves or tnetn. tir- (
scything was in a muddle. I coulil v
not think. I never . saw such a lot. i
nt" rude men. I know many". votett" {
seven or eight times. One man wore p
i iight overcoat the" first time he t
tamo in, and the second time ho wore p
10 overcoat. The next time he wore
;iasses and had on a different, hat and, j,
vinked at me," t]
While Mrs. Wc'liner was reciting ^
ler election day woes' in the Supreme t!
Jonrt, Miss Rose Snyder, another (j
lection official, was having troubles- C|
if her own in a Justice court. The c.
Jemocrats charged her with buying B,
lot of votes for sixty cents apiece in sl
/arcl 11. q.
Mrs. Sadie Plessner is charged by !o
tie Republicans with conspiracy to w
itimidate voters.;" She is ill at a hositnl
pr
Many stories have been floated in p,
envoi- in the last few days as to
overrun- Peabody's position. One to
that the governor is satisfied that pt
dams Is elected, and maintains his p0
esent position because he is urged su
r politicians. Another is that he W?
III resign in favor of the lieutenant th
ivernor-elect. jja
Governor Peabody made the fol- of
wing statement: Pp
"This contest is not in the interest bu
the governor, but of honest elec- ]ie
ins. The question of governor is j
;rely incidental. It is the duty of
good citizens to put a stop to bit
tuds that have disgraced Colorado.
Alva Adams has one vote more At
an I have no one will dispute his of
;ht to take ofilce. All stories of nul
mpromise by me or of withdrawal, liui
2 products 01 tne imagination. x an(.
i awaiting developments. The story Gu!
it I may resign in favor of the lieu- uIa
lant governor is not worth serious viCl
isideration." wit
TROUBLE RENEWED ^
anc
E
JD THEN SETTLED AGAIN AT brQ
POWELL YESTER- wh(
DAY"
Net
The trouble at Powell between the
ners from Tunnelton. and the OCR- E
s of the Powell Coal and Cofee Co. ants
renewed again yesterday. SherJollllfe
was wired to have a justice V
dy, that, some one would be here witl
No. 55 last evening for a warrant. Mas
tice E. s. Amos waited but no one . . ..
wed up. Later the sheriff received
d lhat the matters had been
ceably settled again. It is feared
t a bloody riot will take place yet
ore all matters are adjusted,
eputy Sheriff J. A. Watson went
Powell on No. 72 this forenoon in 2!
;r io be on hand should any re
f (J ''i ' ^